New research clarifies why wounds heal more slowly with age

Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 12:11 in Health & Medicine

With age, it takes longer for skin cells to close an injury. New research shows that a breakdown in communication between these cells and neighboring immune cells causes this delay—a discovery that has implications for improving healing among older people. More »

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